Combine apples, cheese, honey, and ground cloves, and you have Yorkshire Tartlets. What’s not to like? They are delicious hot or cold. You can make 9 small tartlets with this recipe, but if you prefer you can make around 4 medium size, or even one big one with this recipe, if which case your tartlets become a pie!
Ingredients
- 6 oz (170 g) plain flour
- 3 oz (85 g) lard
- 1/2 a teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Apples, peeled and chopped
- Ground cloves
- Honey
- Grated cheese
Method
- Make shortcrust pastry with the flour, lard, salt and milk
- For tartlets, roll out thinly into 9 circles to fit tartlet tins, with 9 extra circles for lids
- Fill the pastry cases with chopped apple, then sprinkle ground cloves over to taste
- Add 1 teaspoon runny honey to each
- Cover with grated cheese
- Put on pastry lids and seal well. Make a steam hole in the top of the pastry. Glaze with beaten egg
- Bake at 450 F/230 C/gas mark 6 for about 25 minutes until golden in colour.
Source: Mary Hanson Moore A Yorkshire Cookbook (1980). Published by David & Charles.
4 Responses to Yorkshire Apple Tartlets
What size is a tartlet?
Typically 10 cm (4″) diameter. You can buy tartlet baking cases with loose bases to make removal easier.
What kind of cheese do you use?
Wensleydale! Although, it must be said, that other strong cheese, like mature Cheddar work well, too!